The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1887-11-03
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
Items of interest From Both Sides
of the Divide.
Notes Clipped and Condensed From
Exchanges Published Within
the Territory.
The NJ. A. NJ. & N. A. have a balanc
of more than $4,000 in the treasury.


of more than $4,000 in the treasury.
The appraisers of the Thornton estate
made their report Wednesday, at Butte.
Young Bell, of Stevensville, shot him.
self seriously while out hunting last
week.
The total cost of holding the last term
of court of Fergus county, at Lewiston,
was $4,241.9o.
The furry in Butte over the supposed
impurity of the water, due to seepage
from the cemetary is about subsided.
Incendiaries fired about 125 tons of
hay belonging to Clark Bros. & Co., Of
Choteau county, last week, and it was
entirely consumed. Loss about 1000,
covered by insurance.
Timothy Lynch and Daniel O'Brien,
two miners in the St. Lawrence in Butte,
were killed by an explosion of giant
powder last Saturday evening.
A man named Riley. from Walla Walla,
beat Barker, the Helena sprint runner
for 81, 900 in race of 100 yards last Sat
urday. Riley's hackers cleaned up about
$4,000.
A Custer county shoemaker named
Charles Schultze, who has a wife and
Ic0v | oI, of 1nr!y w
married again in this territory and is
likely to get into trouble over it.
The Manitoba has issued circular to
agents for5idding them to receive liquor
for shi pment to Wallace, Oak; Manitou,
Oak; Lanark, NJ. T.; Toledo, NJ. T., and
points within the Indian reservation.
Except in the tunnels and rock cuts,
work on the Helena & Butte branch Of
the Montana Central will shortly be
suspended until the opening Of next
| season, when grading can proceed rapidly
and to the best advantage.
The assessment roll of Silver Bow
county for the present year shows the
amount of assessable property in the
county to be $s,20D,OO0, an increase over
last year of 100000.
Mr.. w. J. McNamara, proprietor of the
hotel of that name, drove to Walkerville
last Monday afternoon on collection
| +r:, I,
his buggy and found near Centerville in
an insensible condition. He waseo md
to have sustained, besides some small
wounds, conclusion Of the brain, which
may result seriously.
Inter-Mountain: The North Star and
Salisbury mining company, Of which DR.
Mussigbrod is president and George
Tcnge, secretary, have given a lease and
bond of that property to the Alice com
pany, in the sum Of 100000. The prop
erty is of such dimensions that it vii
alone supply the Alice mill, which will
necessitate the Immediate rckindling o
the fires under their boilers.
A considerable number OF mon are en-
gagged on the Helena, Boulder Valley
Butte, putting up snow sheds and fences
, putting the track in frst-class condition
and otherwise improving the road, and II
about two weeks regular trains will b.
put on to Calvin's which is only twenty
SIX miles from Butte. A spur Of three
thousand feet has also been built from
the main line to the Amazon smelter, re
Gently leased to the Helena Mining an(
Reduction company.
Ex-Vice- President Castenadas, having
disagreed with President Barillo's actor
in proclaiming himself dictator of Glate
mala, led revolution against him, being
} supported by the most prominent fam
lies of the Guatemalian government
The government forces suppressed the
uprising, however, and captured the ch;e
who, according to the news brought by
the Pacific Mail from authentic sources
. was shot yesterday, together with clever
others.
Ye steroay no,nirg IN accident OF
cured at the new works of tho Anaccnda
company resulting in the death q
Michael Donahey and the serious iniu J
of John De>ine. The two men we're liC
ing On one of the Ore cars On the tramwa!
{ when the car became unlocked from the
: others and started with frightful tor1e
, for the bottom of the grade. The Cal
struck some brick at the foot of the
tranlway throwing Donahey off. Striking
his head against a freight car he was
insta lily killed. Devine was seriously
but not fatally injured. The deceased
leaves wife and five children in South
Amilulst. Mass.